Publication Type
Book Chapter
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
1-2020
Abstract
Scholars find the journal publishing process exhilarating, baffling and frustrating in equal measure. The professional joy and excitement of receiving an acceptance letter following a long drawn-out process inwhich you have diligently responded to successive rounds of reviewers’ comments is probably only matched by a letter awarding a research grant. Contrast this to the sense of dejection and distress that accompanies a rejection letter. This is further exacerbated if the reviewers’ comments and decision appear to be harsh and if they make little sense. It is even more disappointing if the paper appears to have beenprogressing through different rounds of reviewing only to be rejected late in the process. Therefore, we have to start all over again. We may not realize it but academics are not dissimilar to actors in that they constantly have to audition their work in journals or to research funders. Learning to live with rejection is a key part of the role. We cannot be successful with every submission.
Discipline
Business | Scholarly Publishing
Research Areas
Strategy and Organisation
Publication
How to Get Published in the Best Management Journals
Editor
Mike Wright, David J. Ketchen, & Timothy Clark
First Page
1
Last Page
11
ISBN
9781789902815
Identifier
10.4337/9781789902822.00007
Publisher
Edward Elgar
City or Country
Chelterham
Citation
Wright, Mike; Ketchen, David J.; and CLARK, Timothy Adrian Robert.
Publishing in management: Exhilaration, bafflement and frustration. (2020). How to Get Published in the Best Management Journals. 1-11.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/7683
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789902822.00007
